Thomas Hirschl, Cornell University

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Professor Ithaca, New York tah4@cornell.edu Office: (607) 255-1688

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Community Action Demography Poverty Social Behavior Social class Social class differentiation Social Stratification Social Transformation Youth Development

Bio/Research

My research is motivated by the insight that social class differentiation is at the center of development in contemporary society. My current work focuses on a new methods for measuring social class using a "life course " approach operationalized with longitudinal data. I also examine how individ...

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Bio/Research

My research is motivated by the insight that social class differentiation is at the center of development in contemporary society. My current work focuses on a new methods for measuring social class using a "life course " approach operationalized with longitudinal data. I also examine how individuals subjectively experience economic hardship and economic success over their life course, how they perceive and conceptualize these experiences in social ideological terms, including religious interpretations of the social world.

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